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The Prologue blog

Openings, method, improvement: everything to play your opening better.

White openings

Italian, Ruy López, Queen's Gambit, London: what to play on move one and how to follow up.

Sicilian, French, Caro-Kann, King's Indian: how to answer 1.e4 and 1.d4.

Opening principles, beginner mistakes, how many moves to memorize.

Memorize an opening, build a repertoire, gain rating points.

Scholar's mate, Legal trap, popular gambits: how to set them and how to avoid them.

Prologue vs Chessable, Chess.com and Lichess: which app to learn openings.

Every chess term explained simply, with diagrams: rules, tactics, famous checkmates and strategic concepts.

Profiles of the champions who shaped the game, with their openings and their games.

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